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2023-05-27 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian army adopts replacement of the SVD

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Moscow , May 26, 2023, 13:55 - IA Regnum. The Chukavin sniper rifle, created to replace the Dragunov sniper rifle (SVD), has been adopted by the Russian army. This was announced to journalists on May 26 by the president of the Kalashnikov concern, Alan Lushnikov.

According to him, the concern's specialists are already receiving positive feedback from the military operating the new rifle.

"Although, of course, any weapon requires high-quality testing after it is put into production, because a million questions come up in operation," he added.

As IA Regnum reported , in February, Lushnikov at the IDEX 2023 exhibition in Abu Dhabi announced the start of mass production of the Chukavin sniper rifle.

The SVCh is a semi-automatic sniper rifle designed to use 7.62x54mm and 7.62x51mm (308 Win) cartridges, and in the first caliber it is compatible with SVD magazines, which should eventually be replaced.

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